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TOP TEN Most Expensive Liverpool flops

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1. El-Hadji Diouf – The Senegal striker cost £10m. Despite being named African player of the year twice in a row and starring at the World Cup in 2002 with Senegal, Diouf failed to live up to expectations while on Merseyside. Despite scoring twice on his debut at Southampton, Diouf only scored six goals in the entire season and was hastily moved from his favoured striking position to the right wing. The Senegalese went fourteen months without scoring a goal for Liverpool and was sent out on loan to Bolton by Rafa Benitez.

2. Robbie Keane – Cost a hefty sum in the summer of 2008 but he was sold back to Tottenham Hotspur in the space of six months. Rafa Benitez also intended to buy Gareth Barry during the same summer and felt that if Keane was to play, he needed somebody like Barry in the team as well so the Reds could play 4-4-2. When he only got one of his two targets, Benitez felt he couldn’t play Keane in the 4-5-1 formation necessitated by the absence of Barry.——-

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3. Fernando Morientes – Had an excellent spell on loan at Monaco from Real Madrid, helping the French club to the Champions League final. It was with great optimism then that the Spanish striker was brought to the Premier League. His lack of pace meant he never really got to grips with English football and he was sold to Valencia a season after he was bought. He retired at the end of last season after struggling to overcome injury at Marseille. ——-
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4. Christian Ziege – Tapping up allegations and a dispute with Middlesbrough over his fee, meant the German international’s move to Anfield got off to an inauspicious start. He struggled for form, while dealing with a recurring knee injury, as well having to fight off competition from the young Jamie Carragher. He was sold to Tottenham after making just 16 league appearances on Merseyside. Now manages Arminia Bielefeld in Germany.——-
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5. Alberto Aquilani – Bought by Rafa Benitez as a replacement for Xabi Alonso, Aqua arrived at Anfield with a serious ankle injury. It took longer for him to recover than expected and he only got a look in for the first team by the end of last season. New manager Roy Hodgson decided it would be best for him to go out on loan and get more first team football, and he is on a season long loan with Juventus in view to a permanent move.——-
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13 comments

  • pete says:

    how is Alberto Aquilani not number 1, he has done nothing in his liverpool career

  • Barp77 says:

    Barmby wasn’t a flop.

  • Shadowdancer says:

    Cisse and Babel on this list?Obviously the author of this garbage doesn’t take facts into consideration.
    Cissé was incredibly unlucky with horrific injuries, breaking his leg on two occasions after joining the Reds yet he still managed 24 goals in 79 appearances.Babel has never been given a consistent chance to prove his worth unlike the other garbage churning their inept displays week in week out.How is giving the lad 15 minutes of league football from 7 games this season going to help him prove himself before christmas? Hodgson is an idiot.

  • Rafa says:

    can you make,
    TOP TEN WORST LIVERPOOL OWNERS:

    1.Tom Hicks and George Gillett
    2.Tom Hicks and George Gillett
    3.Tom Hicks and George Gillett
    4.Tom Hicks and George Gillett
    5.Tom Hicks and George Gillett
    6.Tom Hicks and George Gillett
    7.Tom Hicks and George Gillett
    8.Tom Hicks and George Gillett
    9.Tom Hicks and George Gillett
    10.Tom Hicks and George Gillett

  • Flauvio says:

    Agree with shadowdancer and the view that Cisse wasn’t a flop and with Babel not given a decent run it would be hard to classify Babel as one as well. In addition I don’t think Aquilani was a flop either considering that he was one of our best performers towards the end of last season when he actually got game time. Roys decision to loan him out when finally injury free still baffles me to this day, not least considering the creative shortcomings we are currently suffering

  • john finnegan says:

    How can Babel not be a flop, stevie g had to tell him get of the floor when he spit his dummy out, or have we forgot the cameras when stev told him get of th fkg floor.
    he about as much use as a 4 week corpse in a 100 n dash
    he got no heart

  • Not babel says:

    Babel was given numerous chances at starting but mostly failed to make an impact. how many more matches can we afford to waste by playing him? how many more years can we wait for him to reach his so-called “potential”? i used to defend him but not anymore. he is neither a fighter, nor he is proud to wear the red shirt for our club. he is so disappointing, and I’ll say ship him out asap!

  • Eric says:

    I don’t agree. Cisse was not a flop, he scored 26 goals in 83 games, scored in the penalty shootout victory over AC Milan in the UCL final in 2005, scored the opening goal in the FA Cup final in 2006. And for Babel, I think he had a decent debut season and since then both Rafa and Hodgson hasn’t really given him a chance to impress. If he plays more regularly, with his speed and strength, I think he can be a quality player.

  • paul says:

    Barmby a flop????

    who writes these things

    if memory serves me right didn’t he score loads of european goals one season

  • Lfc4life says:

    if riera is the best you can come up with then we have done pretty well…
    He contributed more often than not!

    Riera wasn’t a flop… he was an idiot!

  • Ateekster says:

    I am a diehard Liverpool fan. What makes me sick is people always talking about the past. Past Glory, Past Players, Past Managers. Past HISTORY! Wake up! Chelsea are creating history, Tottenham are creating History, Man Scum are creating History! It’s stupid to keep going back to our ancient history!!! When will be start taking the blame and rise up as men and actually start WINNING and stop WHINING!

  • Ateekster says:

    Typo there, replace “be” with “we”. I got over exited lol.

  • Chris says:

    Sad to see Aquilani on this list. Clearly an incredibly talented player who just wasn’t fancied by Hodgson. His one-touch football and vision caused me to be baffled when Hodgson saw fit to loan him out (basically get rid) and replace him with Meireles and Poulsen. Then for him to stick Meireles on the right is just confusing. Hmm…

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